In locked-down Lebanon, Olympic trap shooter trains in garage
By AFP
13 February 2021 |
12:13 pm
Lebanon may be under coronavirus lockdown, but that has not stopped Lebanese trap shooter Ray Bassil from training for the Olympics this summer -- between parked cars in her underground garage.
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